# Fulcher (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fulcher/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname transferred from the given name, most common in East Anglia.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,745 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,182 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,774 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (6,521 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Folker, Fullagar |

## Etymology

From a medieval English given name of Germanic origin, cognate to modern German Volker.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fulcher in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fulcher in the United States.

## People named Fulcher

- Russ Fulcher, American politician (born 1962)
- Rich Fulcher, American comedian and writer

## Similar surnames

Fletcher, Flesher, Fulkerson, Flaugher, Fleischer, Felker, Fluker, Folger, Fleisher, Folkerts, Folkers.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.